"Of course I'm interested!" Xia Ruofei said excitedly, "Mr. Ma, when will the truffle appraisal auction begin?"
"The third day of the first lunar month!" Ma Xiong said, "The traditional truffle production season in Italy's Alba region is around November and December, but the truffle's growing season can last until March. It is said that this auction will have very good quality white truffles. It should be the last truffle auction of this season. The next time you want to taste it will be at the end of the year! So you can't miss it! "
"Then I have to participate!" Xia Ruofei said with a smile.
"We will arrive at Sanshan tomorrow and fly to Shen City the day after tomorrow!" Ma Xiong said, "Xia Sheng, do you have time to arrange?"
"I have no problem!" Xia Ruofei said without hesitation.
"Haha! Then we will see you tomorrow! "Ma Xiong said happily.
"See you tomorrow!"
After hanging up the phone, Xia Ruofei began to think. According to the time in the space, it should be almost a year since the last time he cultivated truffles. If his method worked and he successfully cultivated high quality truffles, then he might be able to make a lot of money from this auction!
Even if he didn't succeed in cultivating truffles, it would be good to participate in the appraisal with Ma Xiong. The taste of the truffles, especially the tempting fragrance, made Xia Ruofei reminisce about it.
Xia Ruofei didn't want to wait for a moment. He went straight back to the villa and locked the doors and windows in his bedroom. After carefully checking to make sure it was safe, he summoned the Spirit Map Scroll from his palm and entered the space.
He strode to the oak forest. The oak trees grew very fast. The average diameter of these oak trees was about 20 centimeters. The whole forest was lush and green.
Xia Ruofei came to an oak tree and picked up a shovel to dig.
Truffles were actually a kind of fungus. They grew together with the roots of oak and beech trees.
So Xia Ruofei could only dig down to find the roots. The winter truffles generally grew half a meter to a meter deep under the soil.
Xia Ruofei dug a few spots and successfully found the roots, but when she followed the roots, she did not find Song Lu.
He dug about a meter and didn't find any truffles. He would backfill the soil and then continue to dig in another place.
Until the fifth time, when Xia Ruofei dug more than 70 centimeters, he suddenly found a black lump at the root of the oak tree. He quickly stopped and carefully used his hand to pull the surrounding soil.
Soon, a black lump the size of a tennis ball appeared in front of Xia Ruofei. Xia Ruofei carefully pulled it out and simply cleaned the soil on the surface.
Its surface was rugged, a bit like a pine cone, but the texture was more delicate than a pine cone, and it was not as hard as a pine cone.
After Xia Ruofei, the smell was, a smell, a smell, a smell, a smell, a smell, a smell, a smell smell, a smell, a smell, a smell, a smell a smell, a smell, a smell, a smell, a smell a smell, a smell, a smell, a smell, a smell, a smell, a smell, a smell, a smell.
Xia Ruofei had only met Song Lu for the first time in Hong Kong, so it was obvious that he belonged to the former.
There was no doubt that this was a black truffle.
Xia Ruofei's mood suddenly relaxed. Although the black truffle's size and weight were ordinary, its appearance confirmed one thing, and that was that the method he used to cultivate truffles was effective.
Since he could find one, it meant that there were more and better truffles underground.
Xia Ruofei had a superstitious faith in the Ring-Tu space.
Moreover, the roots were infected with truffle fungi, so they could produce truffles in the future.
However, Xia Ruofei was a little worried that the truffles grew half a meter to a meter deep underground. Digging aimlessly like this was too inefficient, and it was very likely that he would miss a lot of truffles.
Letting the precious truffles rot naturally underground was something Xia Ruofei could not accept no matter what.
He had also checked some information before. Truffle hunters abroad brought specially trained truffle dogs to find truffles.
In the early days, people brought sows to find truffles because the smell of hormones emitted by truffles was a fatal temptation to sows. Even if it was buried a meter deep underground, it still couldn't escape the sows' noses.
But once the truffles were found, the sows would desperately dig up the soil. Many times, the truffle hunters couldn't stop them, and the precious truffles would be eaten by the sows.
So later, people slowly switched to using specially trained truffle dogs.
A good Truffle Dog can be sold for thousands of dollars.
Xia Ruofei thought for a while and decided to let Lightning give it a try.
Although Lightning wasn't a professional truffle dog, it had absorbed the petals of strange flowers, and its spirituality was much stronger than ordinary dogs. Presumably, its sense of smell would be more sensitive than ordinary dogs.
Xia Ruofei put the black truffle into an empty packing box, and then left the Ring-Tu space.
He didn't put the Ring-Tu Painting Scroll into his body, but directly put it in his pocket. He then opened the door, went to the balcony, and whistled towards the courtyard.
Lightning, who was lying on the wall basking in the sun, heard Xia Ruofei's whistle. It suddenly stood up and looked towards the second floor.
Xia Ruofei beckoned to Lightning. Lightning immediately rushed into the villa and ran up the stairs to the second floor. Xia Ruofei opened the door, and Lightning immediately rushed in. It stood up and intimately threw itself on Xia Ruofei's body.
Xia Ruofei reached out and patted Lightning's head, saying, "Come down, wait for me to lock the door. I have an important task for you!"
Lightning obediently let go of Xia Ruofei and lay down on the floor of the room.
Xia Ruofei went to lock the door and draw the curtains. Then he took out the Ring-Tu Painting Scroll and entered the Ring-Tu space with Lightning in his arms.
Lightning had already been to the Ring-Tu space, so when it came in and felt the rich Spiritual Qi, it was very happy. It began to run around Xia Ruofei's feet in the space, and kept wagging its tail at Xia Ruofei to express its excitement.
Xia Ruofei said with a smile, "Come with me! There's work to do! "
After that, Xia Ruofei walked towards the oak forest, and Lightning followed closely behind him.
Xia Ruofei went to the sorting box and picked up the black truffle. He put it in front of Lightning's nose and said with a smile, "Take a good sniff of this smell. Whether we can find all the truffles in the ground or not, it's up to you!"
This kind of simple instruction was completely understood by Lightning. It sniffed the truffle very seriously, then looked at Xia Ruofei and gently wagged its tail a few times.
"That's it?" Xia Ruofei said with a smile, "Then let's go! Find all the truffles in this forest! "
Lightning immediately jumped out and circled around an oak tree a few times. Its nose kept sniffing, and soon it came to a position and kept digging with its front paws.
"I'll do it, you just need to be responsible for finding the position!" Xia Ruofei said quickly.
He picked up the military shovel and began to dig at the position where Lightning was digging, while Lightning quietly lay on the side.
Ten centimeters, twenty centimeters …
This time, Xia Ruofei dug a full meter and finally saw a large truffle, and this time it was the more precious white truffle …
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